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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2011-04-17 02:46 pm

Sport is like war, except less fun

Following on from the discussion yesterday of sectarianism in Scottish football, here's a short advert against racism in football...


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[personal profile] mb2u 2011-04-17 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I was aware of the Rangers/Celtic thing. I've heard of football fans yelling racist remarks at players. But I'd never heard about anti-Semitic remarks before. Watching fans yelling "Sieg Heil!" is creepy; watching Englishmen yell it is disgusting.

I think some jail time wouldn't do them much good; some time with Holocaust survivors and a visit to the real Auschwitz might. Probably not.